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Table of contents (20 papers)
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Front Matter
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Physiological aspects
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Ecological aspects
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Agricultural aspects
About this book
The availability of freshwater for agricultural use is declining in many areas of the world. This is the reason for the increasing use of lower quality or of saline water for crop production. Prolonged use of saline water severely affects the irrigated soils, which contributes to the global land degradation process and has direct impact on biomass production.
For this reason, reduction of the spread of salinization, revitalization of salinized areas and introduction of salt tolerant high-yielding crops are important issues. The potential role of halophytes in the management of salinity problems of arid lands is investigated at length nowadays; some of these produced promising forage crops.
This volume focuses on reclamation, management, and utilization of salt-affected soils, their sustainable use, and evaluation of plants inhabiting naturally occurring saline habitats. It is of interest to scientists and students as well as to agricultural institutions and farmers and will undoubtedly raise the scientific community's awareness of, and interest in salinity issues.
Editors and Affiliations
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Center for Environmental Studies, Science Faculty Building A-Blok, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir-Turkey
Münir Öztürk
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Department of Plant Sciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yoav Waisel
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Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
M. Ajmal Khan
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Mugla University, Mugla-Turkey
Güven Görk
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants
Editors: Münir Öztürk, Yoav Waisel, M. Ajmal Khan, Güven Görk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7610-4
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-7609-3Published: 18 May 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7610-9Published: 10 June 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 206
Topics: Plant Sciences, Ecology, Agriculture, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Ecosystems